Yangshuo, China.

Hey guys! So one of our biggest China dreams, in fact it's at the very top of our list, is to visit Yangshuo!

We have been contemplating going in August for a week.
We are not sure when we will have the opportunity again.
Plane tickets are so expensive to get there but the train is very cheap. The only catch is it takes 3 days by train to get there!

The more we discuss it the more we think we will go in August! This is one of the best times to go and one of the only times we will have enough time to take the train there, spend some days exploring and take the train back.
It's super cheap to get there, stay there, and play there! So, why not?

We will be researching all the little details in the next month, along with finding a good place for Chara to stay while we are gone. Too bad she can't go with us!

I am posting this because I know some of you love doing research and exploring with us!

Any suggestions on what we should do/see while we are there?
Or any suggestions on cities we should stop off in along the way?

Right now we really want to bicycle through Yangshuo and take a day trip to the Dragon's Backbone rice terraces.

Also, we have heard that you can hot air balloon over the mountains! How fun would that be?!

Our train route would be,

Qingdao Day 1 - 17:50 0 KM 0 0   0 2 Weifang Day 1 19:36 19:38 183 KM 29 CNY 80 CNY   120 CNY 3 Zibo Day 1 20:48 20:51 283 KM 44 CNY 95 CNY   142 CNY 4 Jinan Day 1 22:02 22:10 393 KM 55 CNY 106 CNY   162 CNY 5 Taishan Day 1 23:00 23:12 466 KM 70 CNY 127 CNY   195 CNY 6 Yanzhou Day 2 00:10 00:27 549 KM 76 CNY 139 CNY   215 CNY 7 Jining Day 2 00:51 00:55 581 KM 82 CNY 149 CNY   232 CNY 8 Jiaxiang Day 2 01:14 01:21 605 KM 82 CNY 149 CNY   232 CNY 9 Juye Day 2 01:41 01:52 630 KM 87 CNY 157 CNY   245 CNY 10 Heze Day 2 02:55 03:04 688 KM 94 CNY 169 CNY   264 CNY 11 Caoxian Day 2 03:38 03:42 736 KM 99 CNY 177 CNY   276 CNY 12 Shangqiu South Day 2 04:22 04:24 793 KM 106 CNY 191 CNY   298 CNY 13 Bozhou Day 2 05:05 05:08 857 KM 113 CNY 201 CNY   316 CNY 14 Fuyang Day 2 06:22 06:38 961 KM 125 CNY 224 CNY   352 CNY 15 Macheng Day 2 09:42 09:46 1197 KM 150 CNY 265 CNY   417 CNY 16 Huangzhou Day 2 10:35 10:40 1264 KM 158 CNY 281 CNY   442 CNY 17 Jiujiang Day 2 12:37 12:49 1420 KM 175 CNY 308 CNY   486 CNY 18 Nanchang Day 2 14:48 15:00 1555 KM 191 CNY 335 CNY   529 CNY 19 Xiangtang Day 2 15:19 15:25 1583 KM 191 CNY 335 CNY   529 CNY 20 Fengcheng Day 2 15:53 15:58 1616 KM 194 CNY 341 CNY   539 CNY 21 Xinyu Day 2 17:27 17:31 1716 KM 200 CNY 351 CNY   554 CNY 22 Yichun Day 2 18:20 18:24 1775 KM 203 CNY 357 CNY   568 CNY 23 Pingxiang Day 2 19:16 19:20 1841 KM 215 CNY 377 CNY   600 CNY 24 Zhuzhou Day 2 20:34 20:49 1922 KM 219 CNY 385 CNY   613 CNY 25 Loudi Day 2 23:26 23:42 2047 KM 231 CNY 405 CNY   642 CNY 26 Shaoyang Day 3 01:47 01:57 2155 KM 242 CNY 423 CNY   671 CNY 27 Yongzhou Day 3 03:20 03:45 2266 KM 245 CNY 431 CNY   686 CNY 28 Quanzhou Day 3 06:33 06:37 2364 KM 257 CNY 452 CNY   720 CNY 29 Xingan Day 3 07:20 07:24 2424 KM 266 CNY 465 CNY   738 CNY 30 Guilin Day 3 08:55 09:04 2487 KM 271 CNY 475 CNY   754 CNY

What do you think? Should we do it??